Speculation: 2024/25 Trade Rumours, Speculation etc Thread

[Wpgpage]

For the prices teams are paying this draft better absolutely suck. A 2nd for Dumoulin seems insane.

 

[King Woodballs]

And even then, I think just 2-3 years... nothing more.

And that’s fine.
I am just getting a little tired of these trades and players walking.
At least until the Jets win a cup because of it

 

[cbcwpg]

Sharks listening to offers for Ferraro….. interesting

LeBrun writes:

“San Jose Sharks are listening on LHD Mario Ferraro, 26, who has one more year on his deal next season at $3.25M cap hit. It doesn’t mean they’ll move him. Happy to keep him. But given the small number of D on the trade market, Sharks are seeing what comes their way.”

The plus for teams is that Ferraro isn’t expensive at $3.25 million. That makes him someone teams might look at. The downside is that the Sharks can’t retain salary on a trade (they’ve used all their retention slots) so a team has to take Ferraro at full price unless a third team gets involved.

 

[gojetsgo]

seravalli says he thinks it's a buyers market at forward and a sellers market at defense

 

[cbcwpg]

RE: Arthur Staple (Senior Writer, Islanders & Rangers)

There isn’t much to update on Brock Nelson or Kyle Palmieri, the New York Islanders’ two prominent pending unrestricted free agents and the two players that general manager and president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello has gotten the most calls on ahead of Friday.

It’s the same as it was 24 hours ago: All options are on the table, according to several league sources. Lamoriello is still trying to sign both players while also taking in trade offers. Two of the sources with teams in the mix for Nelson said they feel he will be traded.

 

[Flair Hay]

Ferraro, Nelson and Greenway for good measure and I would be ecstatic.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for Dumoulin.

Ferraro may be worth a 1st on his own, so that may be tough. Greenway im assuming is staying in Buffalo now. But I agree that would be amazing deadline between Ferraro and Nelson.

 

[gojetsgo]

RE: Arthur Staple (Senior Writer, Islanders & Rangers)

There isn’t much to update on Brock Nelson or Kyle Palmieri, the New York Islanders’ two prominent pending unrestricted free agents and the two players that general manager and president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello has gotten the most calls on ahead of Friday.

It’s the same as it was 24 hours ago: All options are on the table, according to several league sources. Lamoriello is still trying to sign both players while also taking in trade offers. Two of the sources with teams in the mix for Nelson said they feel he will be traded.

sounds like he's trying to up the price by saying he's still trying to sign them

 

[Romang67]

it's probably because this draft apparently sucks ass

Fully expecting people* to overreact to the price because the draft is so bad and it's such a seller's market.

*it's me. I'm people.

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

DuMoulin for a 2nd and a prospect is very good value... would have been a massive upgrade on Stan

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

I think that series chipped away his confidence... id say there will be a lot of GMs unhappy about the four nations...

Whole team has been 'off' since the break - except Comrie.

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

Ferraro may be worth a 1st on his own, so that may be tough. Greenway im assuming is staying in Buffalo now. But I agree that would be amazing deadline between Ferraro and Nelson.

Ferraro will get a second and a prospect as well imo. We paid two 2nds for Dillon so its kind of always been the market for D

 

[Hank Chinaski]

DuMoulin for a 2nd and a prospect is very good value... would have been a massive upgrade on Stan

Dumoulin 50% retained. I don’t know much about the prospect sent over (Herman Traff) but seems like a meh prospect.

I would’ve done that deal.

 

[Hobble]

We’re standing pat, aren’t we?

*sad Jets noises*

 

[Jets 31]

Still haven't announced Crosby to Winnipeg yet ? Come on Chevy git er done.

 

[Slimy Sculpin]

Although I would love Rantanen, Nelson, Ferraro, Tanev, I just think that will the lack of meat on the block this year prices are going to be prohibitively high.

I think that either Chevy does an off the radar hockey move, or we better be prepared to get some black ace style depth who might not even crack the lineup.

I'm mentally preparing myself for us going into the playoffs with what we have, and frankly I'm ok with it.

I have a feeling that Chevy will end up "standing pat" (not for lack of trying though), too. But, I'll be cheering the team for as far as they go in the playoffs. (I "live and die" by them and the Bombers.) My concern, like a few others, is that without more secondary scoring, line 1 will get stymied by the tighter checking in the playoffs. And, with the possibility of the refs "putting their whistles away and letting the boys play", there will be fewer PP opportunities.

 

[gojetsgo]

We’re standing pat, aren’t we?

*sad Jets noises*

the trade deadline is tomorrow, the player we are chasing hasn't been traded

 

[Mooche]

Rantanen is likely holding up a ton of activity right now. He's the premier pure rental which I'm sure a ton of teams want to make sure they are out on first before pivoting.

 

[avtarb]

Would u do Nelson and a 1st for prefetti and a 2n

We’re standing pat, aren’t we?

*sad Jets noises*

Naw they ain't standing pat... Chevy will wait it out see who budges first.. teams that are asking to much may need to compromise a bit if no one bites

Chevy is a master negotiater literally wins 90 percent of his trades.. without his foresight we wouldn't be a playoff team literally every year for the past 7 seasons

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Nick Schmaltz - Utah.
5.85 per. Signed for next season as well.
Posted decent numbers on crappy teams.

Half an hour ago I was checking out Boesner's career on hockey.db. Noticed he played with Schmaltz at UND. Yes, he's played on some truly bad teams. 9 years of NHL experience has equalled a total of 4 post season games, all with the Black Hawks in 2016-2017. Came here to see ifs name has come up at all & there it is from you 20 minutes ago!

Nick Schmaltz Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics of Nick Schmaltz, a hockey player from Madison, WI born Feb 23 1996 who was active from 2011 to 2025.

www.hockeydb.com

Former 1st rounder, drafted 20th overall in 2014. Turned 29 last week. Right shot winger playing his natural side. Has a year of term at $5.85AAV but his actual salary will be is $7 million next season.

Borderline elite playmaking skills, presently 30th amongst NHL forwards in total assists & 46th in primary assists. Would fit in well on the second PP.

Plays positive possession hockey & faces the oppositions best trailing only Clayton Keller in TOI.

Drafted as a centre, he still takes draws & if paired with Lowry or Namestikov would allow a strong side option to always exist. He's taken 259 face-offs this year, more than a combined Appleton (14), Niederreiter (41), Perfetti (55) & Ehlers (17). While its only 48 FOW%, using him as strictly a strong side option would see it increase.

The Lowry line could certainly use an upgrade. I like the energy Appleton brings, but placing a top 6 forward onto Lowry's line should see some benefits.

Not 100% sold on him, but if the Jets aren't going to go after a BIG fish, this is the type of secondary scoring Chevy should be looking to add.

 

[surixon]

Would u do Nelson and a 1st for prefetti and a 2n

Naw they ain't standing pat... Chevy will wait it out see who budges first.. teams that are asking to much may need to compromise a bit if no one bites

Yup, it's likely the difference between a 1st and a prospect like Barlow and a prospect like Ville that they are haggling over at this point. But if it is indeed a buyers market at forward then the price will come down the closer to the deadline it gets.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Rantanen is likely holding up a ton of activity right now. He's the premier pure rental which I'm sure a ton of teams want to make sure they are out on first before pivoting.

Agree but IMO Rantanen is hardly what you’d call a pure rental.

To me pure rental is when a team is out of the playoffs and/or in seller mode. CAR is a contending team, so need to execute a hockey trade and weigh vs. keeping Rantanen as a self-rental.

Pretty unique situation and can’t think of a similar one in recent memory.

 

[Mooche]

Agree but IMO Rantanen is hardly what you’d call a pure rental.

To me pure rental is when a team is out of the playoffs and/or in seller mode. CAR is a contending team, so need to execute a hockey trade and weigh vs. keeping Rantanen as a self-rental.

Pretty unique situation and can’t think of a similar one in recent memory.

Fair enough, good point.

I meant from the stance that he's such a low cap hit, which allows so many teams to be in the mix with the retention, but the AAV he's searching for likely prices out a ton of teams.

Apparently he's now open to a sign and trade to leave Carolina for the right team, according to Pagnotta.

As you said, it's an extremely unique and bizzare sort of trade situation.

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

1st + Barlow for Nelson
26 2nd + Heinola for Ferraro

Seems like realistic payments for these guys that I think we can pay without it hurting too much.

Barlow is turning around a bit recently but I think he ends up as a third liner - we don't need a third liner in 5 years I'd rather have Nelson for this run.

 

[surixon]

Agree but IMO Rantanen is hardly what you’d call a pure rental.

To me pure rental is when a team is out of the playoffs and/or in seller mode. CAR is a contending team, so need to execute a hockey trade and weigh vs. keeping Rantanen as a self-rental.

Pretty unique situation and can’t think of a similar one in recent memory.

They will be hard pressed to find someone this late in the game willing to give up a key now piece for him.

Edit if he's willing to sign and trade that changes things. Still not much time to facilitate it.

 

[Crocket]

If he takes Stanley out, all for Oleksiak, but I'd worry about him having to move up too with an injury. He's been pretty bleh this year in Seattle (tbf they've been bad).

More worried about the left side with an injury than the right atm, think Samberg is the anchor of that second pairing so Miller could survive there. But Oleksiak might get back to better hockey away from Seattle.

I agree. If oleksiak is replacing Stan, that's an upgrade. He was pretty decent in Dallas. That's why evaluations are tricky, some guys are just buried on bad teams and emerge with a new team. I'm okay with Fleury over Stan.

Bolstering that 2nd line, moving Namestikov down would be beneficial. If we can't get anyone, I'd rearrange so we have some size on the 2nd line, maybe move Nino up.

Appleton looks injured or something. Gus could replace him. Without Kupari, maybe Names plays 4th C.

DeMelo just doesn't look good to me, I could be wrong, but he's lost a step. If we could get a top RD, it would be key for us. We have to assume we are going to have injuries.

Ehlers has been helped off the ice twice in the last 2 games. Depth is important, we're pretty deep now, but takeout 1 top pair and one C and it gets thin quick.